Goldfinger (1964) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Director: From $10.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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Director: Terence Young Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. Director: Lewis Gilbert A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon. Director: Guy Hamilton 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond woos a mob boss's daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps that involves beautiful women from around the world. Director: Peter R. Hunt James Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder. Director: Guy Hamilton James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads with the help of a KGB agent whose lover he killed. Director: Lewis Gilbert Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Director: Lewis Gilbert A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces. Director: John Glen Edit Storyline Bond is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore. She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind? Written by simon_hrdng Mixing business and girls! Mixing thrills and girls! Mixing danger and girls! See more » Genres: 9 January 1965 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 007 contra Goldfinger See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know?

Trivia Wanda Ventham put herself forward to be considered for the role of Jill Masterson. See more » Goofs Goldfinger's Lockheed Jetstar has "Auric Enterprises" written on the nose in the airport shots, but it's not on the model in the flight shots. (Lockheed had the company names put on the Jetstars during production to remind the workers of the importance of their clients.) See more » Quotes Sierra : Mr. Ramirez and his friends will be out of business. James Bond : At least they won't be using heroin flavored bananas to finance revolutions. THE END OF "GOLDFINGER" BUT JAMES BOND WILL BE BACK IN "THUNDERBALL" See more » Connections See more » Frequently Asked Questions (Toronto, Canada) – See all my reviews First of all, I must state for the record, Sean Connery is THE James Bond. Even though the first Bond film I ever saw was "For Your Eyes Only" with Roger Moore. I was very young and very much drawn in. I have seen every one of the Bond films and without a doubt, "Goldfinger" is the finest the 007 saga has to offer.

Before I had begun an appreciation of the Connery films, i.e. before I'd seen them, a good friend and cartooning mentor, Ross Paperman, sorted me out. He helped me see how Connery's Bond was suave and sophisticated but also demonstrated a quality the other Bonds do not portray: fear. Not a panicky soil-your-pants kind of fear, mind you. But Connery's Bond actually has a few anxious, sweat-soaked-brow moments. A perfect example is when Bond is strapped to a table as Goldfinger's captive with a laser beam primed to cut him in half. 007 has to think fast. "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" A famous scene and line from Bond's most enjoyable film. Perhaps what makes the earlier films more enjoyable is that they had fresh, innovative elements that have now become cliché and gimmicky. The new films are often stale and already covered ground and they don't even appear to be trying anymore. But it's more than that. Even watching "Goldfinger" today, having seen all the latest in special effects and technology that Hollywood has to offer, it still is riveting and thoroughly entertaining.

That is also without the added advantage of being overly nostalgic about "Goldfinger". How could I? I hadn't even been born when it first hit theaters, and it was far from my first 007 experience. The story, the characters and the fun of "Goldfinger" is timeless and if given a chance could probably rope in a whole new generation of fans. It just doesn't seem likely to happen. Much of the satire from the Austin Powers films is directly derived from the Connery films, especially "Goldfinger" and "Dr. No", proving their lasting effect on popular culture. As well, John Barry's scores from the Connery films are finding their way into the ears of a new generation through pop music as snippets from his soundtracks are sampled by such artists as Robbie Williams, Mono and Curve, to name a few. But if by some fluke you read this and you haven't seen "Goldfinger" yet, do yourself right and acquaint yourself with the real James Bond. You'll probably be hooked by the time you hear Shirley Bassey's voice in the famous opening theme. 93 of 116 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Goldfinger Movie Review & Film Summary (1964) | Roger Ebert Tweet Not every man would like to be James Bond, but every boy would. In one adventure after another, he saves the world, defeats bizarre villains, gets to play with neat gadgets and seduces, or is seduced by, stupendously sexy women (this last attribute appeals less to boys younger than 12). Advertisement He is a hero, but not a bore. Even faced with certain death, he can cheer himself by focusing instead on the possibility that first he might get lucky. He's obsessed with creature comforts, a trial to his superiors, a sophisticate in all material things and able to parachute into enemy territory and be wearing a tuxedo five minutes later. When it comes to movie spies, Agent 007 is full-service, one-stop shopping. James Bond is the most durable of this century's movie heroes, and the one most likely to last well into the next--although Sherlock Holmes of course is also immortal, and Tarzan is probably good for a retread.

(The " Star Wars " (1977) and " Star Trek " movies are disqualified because they do not have a single hero or a continuous time frame.) One reason for Bond's longevity among series heroes is quality control; while almost all the Bond films have the same producing team, Tarzan has been the hero of films of wildly divergent quality. And while Holmes has inspired more revisionist interpretations than Hamlet, Bond is consistently Bond: He remains recognizably the same man he was in 1962, when "Dr. No" first brought Ian Fleming's spy to the screen. Even the crypto-Bonds, like the oddball David Niven hero of the maverick " Casino Royale " (1967), or the spoof Bonds, like Our Man Flint and Matt Helm, follow the general outlines of the Fleming legend. He is an archetype so persuasive that to change him would be sacrilegious. Advertisement Of all the Bonds, "Goldfinger" (1964) is the best, and can stand as a surrogate for the others. If it is not a great film, it is a great entertainment, and contains all the elements of the Bond formula that would work again and again.

It's also interesting as the link between the more modest first two Bonds and the later big-budget extravaganzas; after this one, producers Albert "Cubby" Broccoli and Harry Saltzman could be certain that 007 was good for the long run. At 111 minutes, "Goldfinger" ties with "Dr. No" as the shortest of the James Bond films, and yet it probably contains more durable images than any other title in the series: the young woman killed by being coated with gold paint; the steel-rimmed bowler of the mute Korean assassin Odd Job ( Harold Sakata ); the Aston-Martin tricked out with deadly gimmicks and an ejector seat; Bond's sexy karate match with Pussy Galore ( Honor Blackman ); the villain Goldfinger with his gold-plated Rolls-Royce, and of course the laser beam pointed at that portion of Bond's lower anatomy that he most required if he were to continue as hero of the series. The Broccoli-Saltzman formula found its lasting form in the making of "Goldfinger." The outline was emerging in the first two films, and here it is complete.

First, the title sequence, establishing Bond as a sex hound while linking him with a stunt sequence or a spectacular death. Then the summons by M, head of British Secret Service, and the briefing on a villain obsessed by global domination. The flirtation with Moneypenny. The demonstration by Q of new gimmicks invented especially for his next case. Then the introduction of the villain, his murderous and bizarre sidekick, and his female assistant/accomplice/mistress. Bond's discovery of the nature of the villain's evil scheme. Bond's capture and the certainty of death. Bond's seduction of the villain's woman. And so on, leading always to a final scene in which Bond is about to enjoy his victory reward: the sensuous fruits of his latest conquest. Advertisement "About to enjoy." An essential phrase. There are no extended sex scenes in the Bond pictures, only preludes and epilogues. "Bond sex is a special movie style," observes the critic Steve Rhodes. "It consists of a quick but intense kiss followed by a cutaway to later.

The sex is hinted at with cute puns and sexual innuendo, but never discussed explicitly." Starting with the Venus-like appearance of Ursula Andress from the sea in "Dr. No," all of the Bond movies have featured beautiful women, but in a publicity tradition, they appear nude not in the movies, but in an issue of Playboy that hits the stands right before the premiere. "Goldfinger" contains a classic example of the Talking Killer Syndrome, one of the entries in my Little Movie Glossary. Auric Goldfinger ( Gert Frobe ) has captured Bond and has him under his complete control. Indeed, all he has to do is remain silent and the laser will slice Bond from stem to sternum. But Bond dissuades him with some quick thinking, and is released to become Goldfinger's prisoner. Goldfinger, like many another Bond villain, seems to have the makings of a frustrated host: It must be galling to have the most elaborate secret hideaways on earth, and no way to show off.

So Goldfinger flies Bond to his horse farm in Kentucky, where Bond is able to eavesdrop on the outlines of a Chinese-Goldfinger scheme to assault Fort Knox--making the gold baron Goldfinger the most powerful man in the world, while the Commies benefit from world chaos. Later, in a pleasant chat, Goldfinger foolishly answers all of Bond's remaining questions, such as, how he could possibly remove those tons of gold? Advertisement This stretch of the film is founded on a fundamental absurdity. Goldfinger has assembled the heads of all the Mafia families of America at his Kentucky farm. He pushes buttons, and the most elaborate presentation in movie history unfolds. Screens descend from the ceiling. Film of Fort Knox is shown. The floor itself rolls back, and a vast scale model of the fort rises on hydraulic lifters (with Bond hidden inside). Goldfinger tells the mobsters what he plans to do, Bond listens in, and then shutters fall to lock the Mafioso in the room, and they are immediately killed with poison gas. My question: Why bother to show them that expensive presentation if you're only going to kill them afterward?

My best guess: Goldfinger had workmen crawling all over the place for weeks, constructing that presentation, and he wanted to show it to somebody. Bond is played in these early films, of course, by Sean Connery , who took the bloom off the role for all of his successors (George Lazenby, Roger Moore , Timothy Dalton , Pierce Brosnan ) while simultaneously sidetracking his own film career. For several years no one could think of Connery as anyone but Bond, and he left the series after " You Only Live Twice ," in 1967, returning for " Diamonds Are Forever " after the Lazenby fiasco, and a last time in " Never Say Never Again " (because he owned the rights to that property). The other Bonds were not wrong in the role (even Lazenby has his defenders), but they were not Connery, and that was their cross to bear. Connery had the sleek self-assurance needed for the role, and a gift with deadpan double entendres. But he had something else that none of the others, save perhaps Dalton, could muster: Steely toughness.

When his eyes narrowed and his body tensed up, you knew the playing was over and the bloodshed was about to begin. Advertisement Fleming's James Bond novels took off in the states only after it became known that they were President Kennedy's favorite recreational reading. Indeed, the more we learn about JFK, the more we see how he resembled Bond, or vice versa. At a time when "Swinging London" was overtaking pop culture, the Bond series was perfectly positioned (although Bond makes a rare lapse of taste in "Goldfinger" when he recommends listening to the new Beatles with earmuffs on). But Swinging London has swung, and Bond stays on. He has reinvented himself now for 37 years, through all the changes in geopolitics and lifestyles, and a new Bond film just went into production: " The World Is Not Enough ." If you count "Casino Royale," it is the 21st Bond film, not that 007 will ever really come of age. Popular Blog Posts Bond Girls: Goldfinger (1964) Goldfinger (1964) Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films Title Screen Film Title/Year/Director, Bond Girl (Actress) Screenshots d.

Guy Hamilton Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) Bond first met pretty Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), the blonde assistant/escort of the film's main villain Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), when he entered the cheater's hotel room. He found Jill reclining on the balcony using binoculars (and an earpiece) to report on the cards of Auric's opponent. He cautioned her: "You're much too nice to be mixed up in anything like this." Bond threatened (or blackmailed) cheater Auric to lose $15K or he would call the local Miami police, and Goldfinger in rage broke his pencil in two. The free-spirited Jill then encouraged Bond: "I'm beginning to like you, Mr. Bond...More than anyone I've met in a long time, James." He invited her to "the best place in town" for dinner - and then Bond romanced-seduced Jill on the balcony. He later bedded down with her in his hotel suite with room-service catering for an order of Dom Perignon '53 champagne.

The couple were interrupted when he received a call from CIA agent Felix Leiter (Cec Linder) for dinner, and Bond declined: "Something big's come up," agreeing to a 9 am breakfast instead. As Bond laid on top of Jill and commented: "It's lost its chill," he was referring to a champagne bottle on ice near the bed. When he went to the refrigerator to get another freshly-cooled bottle of "passion juice," he was knocked out from behind by Auric's henchman Oddjob (Harold Sakata). When he revived, he staggered into the bedroom, finding Jill as an unfortunate victim of skin suffocation by gold paint as retaliation for her betrayal. She was sprawled dead on the bed - an unfortunate victim of Goldfinger's revenge. He reported the murder to Leiter: "She's covered in paint. Gold paint." Goldfinger (1964) Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet) Tilly (Tania Mallet) was the ill-fated sister of Jill Masterson, who went on a killing spree to avenge her sibling's death. Bond first met the pretty female in Switzerland when she impatiently drove past him in a convertible on a winding mountain road.

He cautioned himself, "Discipline, 007." Parked on a hairpin turn above him, she fired a sniper rifle at her target below, Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), missing him due to her poor marksmanship, and almost struck Bond in the foreground. After a cat-mouse driving challenge against Tilly, who was driving behind him, Bond used a hubcap-wheel device from his Aston-Martin DB5 to shred her tires, although he claimed: "You don't look like the sort of girl who should be ditched." As he drove her to a nearby garage, she suspiciously said her name was Tilly Soames (her luggage, obviously a rifle case, was initialed TM), to which Bond queried: "Here for the hunting season?" She claimed that her wooden case contained her ice skates. She refused any further help, saying she could take care of herself when he dropped her off. Shortly later during the night, as Bond was checking out the buildings of Auric Enterprises, he spotted a dark-hooded figure in the woods. He foiled the sniper's fire to kill Goldfinger a second time, but an alarm wire was tripped.

The shooter was Tilly again (T.M. = Tilly Masterson) who admitted vengefully: "I want him dead. He killed my sister" - they both fled to Bond's Aston Martin DB5. Goldfinger's Korean thugs gave chase after them. To elude them, Bond activated the car's gadgets: the smoke screen caused the first car to crash into a tree. The car's deployed oil slick forced the second of three cars (with four occupants) off a cliff where it crashed and burned. Bond stopped his car with the deflective rear armor plate up, and shot one of the henchmen dead. Unfortunately, as Tilly ran for cover in the woods, she was hit in the neck by henchman Oddjob's (Harold Sakata) lethal-rimmed bowler hat and instantly killed. Goldfinger (1964) Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) With the most memorable (and improbable) Bond girl name in the history of the film series. Honor Blackman was one of the oldest Bond girls in the franchise's history, at 37 years of age.

Pussy Galore introduced herself to a tranquilized Bond (Connery) who awakened on Goldfinger's jet on its way from Europe to Baltimore enroute to Kentucky - she purred above him as his vision came into focus: "My name is Pussy Galore." She was the personal pilot and blonde henchwoman for villain Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe). Bond replied: "I must be dreaming." She told him to quit being so forward, hinting at her lesbian-leanings: "You can turn off the charm. I'm immune." Later, as she held a gun on Bond, she threatened: "Do you want to play it easy or the hard way?" She was the leader of a five-person team of all-female pilots, Pussy Galore's Flying Circus, and when she bragged about training the other flyers, Bond complimented: "You're a woman of many parts, Pussy!" Her plan with Goldfinger was to fly her fleet of planes to spray deadly, invisible Delta-9 nerve gas (in gas canisters) over Fort Knox to induce unconsciousness for 24 hours. Goldfinger's ultimate plan was to destabilize the western economy and aid Red Chinese agents.

Goldfinger promised Pussy that she would become a very wealthy woman, and she planned to retire on a small island in the Bahamas. When Goldfinger instructed her to make Bond "happy," she led him on a tour of Goldfinger's Kentucky stud farm compound, and using her judo expert skills, wrestled with Bond in the hay in one of the horse stables - it presumably convinced her of the appeal of heterosexuality as he lowered himself down on her and kissed her. By film's end, she had saved Bond's life and helped foil Goldfinger's plot by notifying Washington and switching the gas canisters. Bond surmised: "I must have appealed to her maternal instincts." After Bond killed Goldfinger in a hijacked plane piloted by Pussy, and she couldn't bring the plane under control, they parachuted together to safety before it crashed due to rapid decompression. Bond told her that she shouldn't signal for help from a search helicopter as he pulled her onto the ground: "Oh no, you don't! This is no time to be rescued" - he covered the two of them with the parachute - for privacy's sake, for more kisses.

Greatest Bond Girls in James Bond Films (chronological, each Bond film a separate page) Goldfinger (1964) Trailer - YouTube Goldfinger (1964) Trailer Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Aug 30, 2014 Goldfinger (1964) is the third film in the James Bond series and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title character Auric Goldfinger, along with Shirley Eaton as famous Bond girl Jill Masterson. Goldfinger was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman and was the first of four Bond films directed by Guy Hamilton.

The film's plot has Bond investigating gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger and eventually uncovering Goldfinger's plans to attack the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. Goldfinger was the first Bond blockbuster, with a budget equal to that of the two preceding films combined. Principal photography took place from January to July 1964 in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the U.S. states of Kentucky and Florida. The release of the film led to a number of promotional licensed tie-in items, including a toy Aston Martin DB5 car from Corgi Toys which became the biggest selling toy of 1964. The promotion also included an image of gold-painted Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson on the cover of Life. Many of the elements introduced in the film appeared in many of the later James Bond films, such as the extensive use of technology and "gadgets" by Bond and an extensive pre-credits sequence that was not a major part of the main storyline. Goldfinger was the first Bond film to win an Academy Award and opened to largely favourable critical reception.

The film was a financial success, recouping its budget in just two weeks and is hailed as the series' quintessential episode, still being acclaimed as one of the best films in the entire Bond canon. Category Goldfinger (1964) Goldfinger (1964) d. Guy Hamilton, 110 minutes Opening Credits, Title Sequence Following the gun-barrel opening (with stuntman Bob Simmons), there was a long pre-title credits action sequence of Bond completing a previous mission in Latin America. Gun-barrel Sequence (reused from Dr. No (1962)): Designed by Maurice Binder Main Title Sequence: Designed by Robert Brownjohn Title Song: "Goldfinger" (sung by Shirley Bassey) Film Plot Summary The pre-title credits sequence was set in an unnamed Latin American country, where James Bond (Sean Connery) swam in a dry suit with snorkel (and helmet with a seagull on top) to the dock of the Ramirez Export Company. [Latin American drug-lord Ramirez was "using heroin flavored bananas to finance revolution."] He scaled a wall with a grappling hook gun, knocked out a guard, tripped a switch on a large silo, and entered a large room.

From his pack, he removed plastic explosives that he applied to red tanks of NITRO, then set a detonation-timer synchronized to his watch. He exited, and non-chalantly removed his dry-suit to reveal a white-dinner jacket with red flower. Bond entered a bar-cantina and watched sexy dancer Bonita (Nadja Regin). When the bomb exploded, the patrons cleared out, and he followed Bonita to her room for some "unfinished business" - there he found her emerging from a bathtub. As he kissed her (# 1 tryst), he saw the reflection of sneaky, drug-smuggling thug Capungo (Alf Joint) in her eye. He spun her around, and Bonita was struck and knocked out. Bond then electrocuted the killer in Bonita's bathtub with a round electrical heater fan (# 1 death, # 1 Bond kill) (Bond noted: "Shocking, positively shocking") before he took a flight to Miami, Florida.

At the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami, CIA agent Felix Leiter (Cec Linder) interrupted Bond's pool-side massage from blonde Dink (Margaret Nolan) to deliver a message from "M" (Bernard Lee) of the British Secret Service in England, to "keep an eye" on rich, greedy, gold-smuggling villain Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), staying at the same hotel. Goldfinger was engaged in a card-shark scam against a gin-rummy opponent, discovered when Bond entered Auric's room and found pretty blonde assistant/escort Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) reclining on the balcony using binoculars to report on the player's cards through an earpiece. He cautioned her: "You're much too nice to be mixed up in anything like this." Bond threatened cheater Auric to lose $15K or he would call the local police, and Goldfinger in rage broke his pencil in two. The free-spirited Jill then encouraged Bond: "I'm beginning to like you, Mr.

Bond...More than anyone I've met in a long time, James." He invited her to "the best place in town" for dinner - and then Bond romanced-seduced Jill on the balcony and later bedded down with her in his hotel suite (# 2 tryst) with room-service catering, including Dom Perignon '53 champagne. The couple were interrupted when he received a call from Felix Leiter for dinner, and Bond declined: "Something big's come up," agreeing to a 9 am breakfast instead. As Bond laid on top of Jill and commented: "It's lost its chill," he was referring to a champagne bottle on ice near the bed. When he went to the refrigerator to get another freshly-cooled bottle of "passion juice," he was knocked out from behind with a karate-chop to the neck - delivered from a shadowy figure wearing a bowler hat. It was the signature look of Goldfinger's mute, formally-dressed Korean henchman Oddjob (Harold Sakata). When Bond revived, he staggered into the bedroom, finding Jill as an unfortunate victim of skin suffocation by gold paint as retaliation for her betrayal.

She was sprawled dead on the bed (# 2 death), a victim of Goldfinger's revenge. He phoned and notified Felix ("She's covered in paint. Gold paint"), and then flew to London, England for a briefing with "M." After bypassing secretary Miss Moneypenny's (Lois Maxwell) usual flirtations, he was told at dinner, about Goldfinger's holdings - he had gold bullion (worth 20 million pounds) on deposit in Zurich, Amsterdam, Caracas, and Hong Kong. As a legitimate bullion dealer and international jeweler, he also operated "modest metallurgical installations" for melting down gold. British intelligence needed to learn how Goldfinger transferred (or smuggled) his gold overseas - legally or illegally. Bond was to arrange a social meeting with Goldfinger, bringing one bar of gold bullion worth 5,000 pounds (recovered from the Nazi hoard in Lake Toplitz) as bait. The next morning, Bond was given a new vehicle, Aston-Martin DB5 (with various modifications and gadgets).

At a golf club in England, Bond challenged Goldfinger (with Oddjob as his caddy) to a wagered game of golf, revealing his 1940s Nazi gold bar. In the last two holes, Bond switched golf balls on his cheating opponent to outfox him - at the end of the game, because they were playing by strict rules, Bond noticed that Goldfinger had played the wrong ball, and thereby Bond won the 18th hole and match. Goldfinger threatened Bond to not interfere further in his affairs (demonstrated by Oddjob decapitating a statue's head with his lethal steel-rimmed hat) -- and soon departed in his Rolls-Royce (license plate AU1) to the airport for jet transport (with the vehicle) to the continent (Geneva, Switzerland) after writing a check for 5,000 pounds to Bond. 007 put a tracking device in the car's trunk to follow closely. Bond pursued Goldfinger and Oddjob, tracking them through the Swiss countryside, where he was passed by a pretty but impatient female - Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet) - in a convertible.

Parked on a winding, hairpin turn mountain road, she fired a sniper rifle at Goldfinger from above, missing her target and almost striking Bond in the foreground. After a cat-mouse driving challenge against Tilly, who was driving behind him, Bond used a hubcap-wheel device from his Aston-Martin DB5 to shred her tires. As he drove her to a nearby garage, she suspiciously said her name was Tilly Soames (her luggage was initialed TM), to which Bond queried: "Here for the hunting season?" She claimed that her wooden case contained her ice skates. She refused any further help, saying she could take care of herself when he dropped her off. Bond continued his pursuit of Goldfinger, locating him at the buildings of Auric Enterprises. That evening, Bond surreptitiously infiltrated the building, noticing Goldfinger's men disassembling his Rolls-Royce, and melting down its 18K gold bodywork into ingots - his means of smuggling gold. Bond overheard Goldfinger speaking to an unidentified Chinese man (Mr. Ling (Burt Kwouk)) about a plan nicknamed Operation Grand Slam. As Bond left, he spotted a dark-hooded figure in the woods.

He foiled the sniper's fire to kill Goldfinger a second time, but an alarm wire was tripped. It was Tilly again (T.M. = Tilly Masterson) who admitted vengefully: "I want him dead. He killed my sister" - they both fled to Bond's Aston Martin DB5. Goldfinger's Korean thugs gave chase after them - Bond activated the car's gadgets: the smoke screen caused the first car to crash into a tree. The oil slick forced the second of three cars (with four occupants) off a cliff where it crashed and burned (# 3-6 deaths, # 2-5 Bond kills). Bond stopped his car with the deflective rear armor plate up, and shot one of the henchmen dead (# 7 death, # 6 Bond kill). As Tilly ran for cover in the woods, she was hit in the neck by Oddjob's hat and instantly killed (# 8 death). Bond ran to her side where he was quickly taken prisoner. Captured, he was allowed to drive his own car back to Goldfinger's compound, when he suddenly took off in a different direction and activated the ejector seat button, sending his goon passenger into the air.

He then sped away through many alleyways within the factory compound while firing his vehicle's machine guns, but eventually was fooled by a giant mirror into crashing into the side of a building - he was knocked unconscious. When Bond awoke, he was spread-eagled on a gold table, ready to be tortured with an industrial laser beam inching towards his crotch. He quipped: "Do you expect me to talk?" and the villainous gloating Goldfinger gave his famed reply: "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!" But at the last second, after Bond faked knowing about his Operation Grand Slam, Goldfinger changed his mind: "You are worth more to me alive." Bond was shot with a tranquilizer gun by henchman Mr. Kisch (Michael Mellinger), and when revived again, found himself on Goldfinger's Lockheed jet plane flying 35,000 feet above Newfoundland, on its way to Baltimore, enroute to Kentucky. Above him stood Goldfinger's personal pilot and blonde henchwoman Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman).

She introduced herself, purring with a straight face: "My name is Pussy Galore." Bond replied: "I must be dreaming." He was offered a drink from stewardess Mei-Lei (Mai Ling), and ordered: "A martini, shaken not stirred." As Bond changed his clothes, Mei-Lei kept an eye on him through various peepholes, but he blocked her view. He placed his small homing device in his shoe to alert MI6 to his new whereabouts. As they were about to land, Pussy threatened with a gun: "Do you want to play it easy or the hard way?" The jet landed and entered a hanger with a banner: "Pussy Galore's Flying Circus" - lesbian-leaning Pussy led a five-person, all-female aerial troupe with Piper planes. She bragged about training the flyers - Bond complimented her: "You're a woman of many parts, Pussy." They arrived at Goldfinger's Kentucky Stud Farm base where Bond was incarcerated in his "quarters" - a dungeon cell. Goldfinger briefed twelve Mafia ("hoods") members from across the US, who had all made contracted deliveries of materials for his operation.

Goldfinger admitted he owed each of them $1 million in gold bullion. With a trick pool table, Goldfinger displayed a black and white wall map of the Gold Depository at Fort Knox, holding $15 billion dollars - the entire gold reserve supply of the US. He then opened a hole in the floor with a miniature replica of the Fort Knox facility. Although it was surrounded by 41,000 troops, his "foolproof" plan, named Operation Grand Slam, was to somehow infiltrate the impregnable bank structure. After escaping, Bond (hidden under the small-scale model) overheard Goldfinger as he explained in detail his plan for the following day - the spraying (from gas canisters) of invisible, lethal Delta 9 nerve gas over Fort Knox, inducing "complete unconsciousness for 24 hours." The Flying Circus would spray the aerial nerve gas prior to the dawn raid. The electrical fence surrounding Fort Knox would be dynamited before a task force attacked, entered the vaults, and stole the gold bars. One disgruntled hoodlum, Mr.

Solo (Martin Benson), wanted his $1 million immediately, and was led away, while the others were sealed into the room and killed by gas (# 9-19 deaths), administered by henchman Kisch. Bond was apprehended by Pussy and led back to speak briefly to Goldfinger before being reimprisoned. They met the villain as he was escorting Solo to a Lincoln Continental, claiming a "pressing engagement." The vehicle was driven by chauffeur Oddjob, presumably toward the airport, but Mr. Solo was shot and killed with a silencer gun on the way (# 20 death) - and the car was taken to a metal/scrap-iron wrecking yard and crushed into a cube, with the body still inside. The square metal cube was dropped into the back of a pickup, driven by Oddjob back to the Stud farm, where Goldfinger soon extracted his gold bars stored in the trunk. Goldfinger summoned Bond from his cell, while instructing Pussy to make Bond as happy as possible - she changed into something "more suitable." Bond was "well-informed" about the Delta-9 gas, claiming it was fatal and would uselessly kill 60,000 people.

And Bond was unsure that the gold bars, weighing 10,500 tons, could easily be transported. Goldfinger explained more about his plan - it wasn't to steal the bars, but to irradiate the gold bars and make them inaccessible for 58 years within Fort Knox. His Red Chinese compatriot, agent Mr. Ling, who was a specialist in nuclear fission, had perfected and supplied him with a radioactive ("dirty") cobalt/iodine atomic bomb device that would be detonated. That tactic would increase the value of his own gold (about 10 times) and cause economic chaos in the West, to the delight of his Communist Chinese supporters. Goldfinger was coy about where the bomb would be detonated -- if thwarted, he speculated other places it might explode: the Polaris submarine pens at New London, Connecticut, or at Cape Kennedy, or near the White House. To "entertain" Bond, Pussy (a judo expert) led him to a horse stable where she wrestled with him in the hay. Their tussle seemed to convince her of the appeal of his manly ways and heterosexuality as he lowered himself down on her and kissed her (# 3 tryst).

The next morning, Pussy Galore's Flying Circus (five planes) took off and sprayed the nerve gas over the Fort Knox area. Due to its predicted effects, military personnel and others on duty fell to the ground. Disguised as military forces, Goldfinger's men led by Mr. Kisch assaulted the complex by blowing up the front gate and entering the Fort Knox Depository itself by laser-cutting its massive steel door. After gaining entry to the vault where the gold bars were stored, Mr. Ling set the timer on the atomic device and the countdown began. Suddenly, it was shown that Goldfinger's plan was about to be foiled. The CIA had been alerted and everyone who appeared unconscious was only playing dead - Pussy had presumably fallen for the virile Bond and changed allegiances, notifying Washington. The US military took precautions to ensure that the bomb would be neutralized before offensive fire commenced. Bond was hand-cuffed by Kisch to the atomic device, and lowered into the vault. Outside, the real US military counter-attacked against Goldfinger's henchmen. Hearing gunfire, Goldfinger rapidly sealed the vault with Kisch and Oddjob still inside, and removed his coat to reveal a US Army uniform.

Pretending he was on the other side, Goldfinger shot Mr. Ling at point-blank range (# 21 death) with his golden pistol, and then machine-gunned five unsuspecting soldiers in the back (# 22-26 deaths) before escaping. Inside the vault, when Kisch tried to remove the fuse from the atomic device, Oddjob prevented him - and threw him off the balcony to his death many stories below (# 27 death) where Bond was located. After removing the keys from Kisch's pocket and unlocking his handcuffs, Bond faced the threatening Oddjob before he could defuse the bomb. In a tense one-on-one fight as the clock ticked down inside the besieged Fort Knox, Bond struggled against Oddjob - who tossed his own lethal, boomeranging bowler hat at him, but missed, causing the hat to be jammed and stuck between steel gate bars. When Oddjob reached for his hat, Bond touched a severed live wire of thousands of volts to the gate bars, electrocuting him in a shower of sparks. He died with outstretched arms as he fell forward to the floor (# 28 death, # 7 Bond kill).

Goldfinger's henchmen were retreating and dying in large numbers as Bond had only about 20 seconds left to deactivate the bomb. After the vault was reopened, an atomic scientist saved Bond from death by easily flipping a switch on the device, with only 007 seconds to spare. Bond was told that Pussy had switched the gas in the canisters - Bond surmised: "I must have appealed to her maternal instincts." Bond was driven to the airport and boarded another Lockheed Martin Jetstar plane, a chartered trip bound for Washington, DC for a special lunch at the White House with the President, so he could be thanked personally. However, Goldfinger had tied up the plane's crew and coerced ex-personal pilot Pussy Galore to hijack the plane and fly him to Cuba. When Bond learned of the plan, he struggled together after Auric held his gold-plated gun on him - the revolver discharged and blew out one of the plane's windows, causing a drastic loss and decompression of cabin air pressure. Bond held on tightly as Auric flew through the air and was sucked out of a tiny broken window (# 29 death, # 8 Bond kill).

In the cockpit where Pussy struggled to gain control of the aircraft, Bond told her that gold-obsessed Goldfinger was "playing his golden harp." They parachuted together to safety from the crashing jet plane - Bond told her that she shouldn't signal for help from a search helicopter as he pulled her onto the ground: "Oh no, you don't! This is no time to be rescued" - he covered the two of them with the parachute - for privacy's sake (# 4 tryst), as they kissed. Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.) The first official blockbuster Bond film, and the first Bond film to use a pop star (Shirley Bassey) to sing the theme song "Goldfinger" during the titles. The third film in the series. This was the first of four films directed by Guy Hamilton. Also, the first Bond film to be nominated (and win) an Academy Award: Best Sound Effects. This was the first Bond film, of many, featuring the Aston-Martin DB5 (in this case with pop-out machine guns, tire shredders, a bullet-proof shield, radar, and an ejector seat). It was also the first film with a villain independent of SPECTRE.

Villainous Korean manservant Oddjob's steel-brimmed bowler hat was outfitted with a razor-sharp edge, designed to be lethal (to both objects and humans). He also wore an ill-fitting suit over his bulging muscles. The film introduced the not-so-subtly named Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman). Honor Blackman was one of the oldest Bond girls in the franchise's history, at 37 years of age. Its iconic image was Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) dying after being painted in gold. With a production budget of $3.5 million, and gross revenue of $51 million (domestic) and $125 million (worldwide). Set-pieces: the pre-credits sequence, the shadowy entrance of Oddjob, the shocking death of Jill Masterson by suffocation from gold paint, the climactic Fort Knox assault and the one-on-one fight between Bond and Oddjob in the vault.

Bond Villains: Bonita (Nadia Regin), Capungo (Alf Joint), Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), Oddjob (Harold Sakata), Kisch (Michael Mellinger), twelve Mafioso hoods (various), Mr.

Ling (Burt Kwouk) Bond Girls: Dink (Margaret Nolan), Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet), Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), Mei-Lei (Mai Ling) Number of Love-Making Encounters: 4 Film Locales: Unnamed Latin American country (pre-credits sequence), Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, London, England, Stoke Poges Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England, Geneva, Switzerland and the Swiss countryside, 35,000 feet above Newfoundland, Friendship Airport at Baltimore, Maryland, Auric's Stud Farm at Bluegrass Field and Fort Knox, Kentucky, Washington DC Gadgets: seagull snorkel dry-suit, grappling hook gun, battery-operated detonator-timer, gadgets in Q's lab and in the modified Aston-Martin DB5 vehicle, Oddjob's lethal steel-rimmed bowler hat, Goldfinger's giant laser, Goldfinger's golden pistol Vehicles: modified, gray Aston Martin DB5 car with small and large (magnetic) homing devices displayed audio-visually on dashboard (range of 150 miles), also with bullet-proof windshield and

 windows, revolving license (number) plates, homing device display on dashboard, smoke screen, oil slick deployer, rear bullet-proof glass armor-shield, left-right front-wing machine guns, passenger ejector seat (activated with red button under top of gear shift), and hubcap tire shredder, yellow/black 1937 Phantom-III Rolls Royce (Sedance De Ville), British United Airfarers Carvair jet, light yellow Ford Mustang (convertible), Goldfinger's Auric Enterprises' Lockheed Martin VC-140B Jetstar plane, single-engine Piper planes, Lincoln Continental Number of Deaths (Bond Kills): 29 (8) James Bond: My favourite Bond film: Goldfinger | Film | The Guardian My favourite Bond film My favourite Bond film: Goldfinger Goldfinger has the most sinister villain and best soundtrack but it's the inept fumbling of 007 that truly sets this Bond film apart Sean Connery models a terrycloth playsuit as James Bond in Goldfinger Share on Messenger Close The first time I laid eyes on James Bond , he had just emerged from the ocean with a fake seagull on his head.

He then blew up a drug lord's laboratory, peeled off his wetsuit to reveal an immaculate white DJ, snogged an exotic dancer, clocked in her eyeballs the reflection of a bad guy sneaking up behind them, tipped said bad guy into the bathtub, threw an electric heater in after him, and quipped: "Shocking, positively shocking!" All this, and the credits hadn't even started. My 12-year-old self thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Many years later, Goldfinger (1964) remains not just my favourite Bond movie, but the standard by which all other Bond movies must be judged. It has Sean Connery, of course, and the best theme song, incorporating Shirley Bassey and lashings of John Barry brass. And it has the best villain; Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) is a petty-minded plutocrat who cheats at cards and golf, and has the best ever evil dialogue. His masterplan is to profit from the economic chaos that will ensue after he has detonated an atomic bomb in Fort Knox, making America's gold reserves radioactive for 58 years.

"He's quite mad, you know," Bond says to Pussy Galore, just in case any of us might have thought this was a viable get-rich-quick scheme. Ah yes: "Poosy", as Connery calls her – the implicitly (explicitly in Ian Fleming's novel) lesbian pilot with the ultimate absurd Bond girl name. And yet Honor Blackman, who plays her, never looks less than Totally In Control, even when required for plot purposes to yield to Bond's manliness. Mindful of Blackman's ass-kicking role as Cathy Gale in TV series The Avengers, the film-makers allow her to fell Bond with a judo throw, but that's as far as they go with this feminist nonsense. Bond promptly upends her in the hay, and overcomes that implicit lesbianism with just one kiss. Reading this on mobile? Click here to watch title sequence Goldfinger has the best henchman – Japanese-born Harold Sakata as Oddjob, the thickset Korean with the deadly steel-rimmed bowler.

And the best car – the Aston Martin DB5 with smokescreen, oil slick, front-wing machine guns and passenger ejector seat, all of which Bond employs against carfuls of henchmen in pursuit … to no avail, because he ends up totalling it and getting captured anyway. Which brings me to what I like most about Goldfinger: it makes me laugh. I never tire of the back projection used to make it look as if Connery is in Miami rather than Pinewood, the disposable comedy gangsters, the montage of troops pretending to be gassed and collapsing unconvincingly, or of Pussy Galore's crack team of girly stunt pilots. Best of all is Bond's uselessness. He manages to get both Masterton sisters killed (one of them covered in gold paint, the best ever death of a Bond girl) and spends most of the film quaffing Dom Perignon, a "rather disappointing brandy", martini or mint julep, you name it.

He gets strapped to a table with a new-fangled laser beam pointed at his private parts: the best Bond-in-peril scene and one that is not easily escapable – our man's family jewels remain intact only thanks to the villain's inexplicable reluctance to deliver the coup de grace. What a way to go … Sean Connery and Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features For the last hour of the film, Bond is Goldfinger's prisoner while the action occurs elsewhere, and it's Poosy who saves the day (though of course 007's studliness might have something to do with changing her mind). But even at the climax, he's reduced to bashing cack-handedly at the atomic bomb casing with a gold brick, trying in vain to stop the countdown, only for a CIA man to step in at the last minute and calmly flick the "off" switch.

Despite its hero's ineptitude, Goldfinger is full of quintessential Bond moments, all of which have since been recycled or spoofed so many times you forget this is where they began – Bond tricking the jailer into opening his cell door, a minor bad guy's car reduced to a scrunched-up cube in a scrapyard compactor, the villain shooting his own henchmen. Best Bond movie, no question. Favourite line: Goldfinger, preparing to dissect 007's groin with his laser beam: "Choose your next witticism carefully, Mr Bond, it may be your last." Best gadget: "Revolving number plates, naturally"; making the Aston Martin valid for Britain, France and Switzerland. The darkness of the modern Bond is foreshadowed in what has come to be seen as one of the runts of the 007 litter Published: 3 Oct 2012 The ordinary girl capable of extraordinary feeling has returned the 007 song to its dangerous basics Published: 2 Oct 2012 It's 50 years since the release of the first Bond film, Dr No. So how is 007 going to celebrate?

Published: 2 Oct 2012 After a long period of speculation, singer admits 'it ended up being a bit of a no-brainer to do it in the end' Published: 1 Oct 2012 Goldfinger Gadgets - James Bond Gadgets Atomic Bomb Introduction Although From Russia with Love had quite a few interesting gadgets, it wasn't until Goldfinger that gadgets became a larger part of the action. Some of the gadgets were a little silly and outrageous, but that only served to heighten the fun. Below we showcase a selection of the best gadgets from the film. Enjoy! Seagull Headgear Goldfinger started the tradition of having an action filled pre-title sequence, that bares no relation to the rest of the film's plot. The idea was ingenious, as it allowed the producers to immediately spike the audience's interest with an over the top, fun bit of action. They could then introduce the main plot in a more relaxed fashion, without the worry of boring the audience. The film opens onto the view of a lake, as the camera follows a swimming seagull.

As it reaches the waterfront, Bond emerges from the water, and the seagull turns out to be a clever snorkeling device with a fake seagull attached to the top. Ingenious gadgets like this added a bit of humor to the film, and quickly became popular with fans. Grapple Gun Still in his wetsuit, Bond pulls out a grapple gun, and shoots a hook, attached to a length of rope, over the roof of the waterside complex. The hook attaches itself to a ledge, attracting a guards attention. But before the guard can reach for his own gun, Bond jumps over the ledge and crashes onto him, knocking him unconscious with a kick in the face. Secret Panel After getting past the guard, Bond enters a drug laboratory by activating a switch that opens a hidden panel in the side of a large silo. Inside, there are many packages of heroin, and several barrels of nitros, to which Bond squeezes out a large tube of plastic explosives. He attaches a timed igniter, and climbs back down to the riverside, removing his wetsuit to reveal a perfectly crisp and dry white tuxedo.

Complete with a red carnation, Bond walks into a nearby club, lights a cigarette with his Dunhill lighter, and checks the time on his Rolex Submariner. Right on cue, the explosion goes off and destroys the laboratory. As the club patrons run wild in panic, Bond remains coolly composed. Heat Lamp After successfully destroying the drug facility, Bond goes to take care of his final bit of business--a Serbian beauty named Bonita. As they're kissing, Bond sees a reflection in her eyes of a henchman about to strike him. He flips the girl around, using her as a shield and goes to fight the man. Bond throws him into a bath full of water, and the man reaches for Bond's gun. Just in the nick of time, Bond throws a nearby heat lamp into the bath, electrocuting the henchman to death. What makes the scene so memorable, is Bond's remark to the girl as he leaves: "Shocking, positively shocking". Ok, a heat lamp isn't technically a gadget, but it's close enough, and the imagery is very impressive. Q's Laboratory Bond goes down to Q-Branch to pick up a bar of gold and the equipment he needs for his mission.

Goldfinger introduced the now infamous grey concrete lab that would become a playground for introducing novel gadgets that didn't fit in elsewhere in the film. As Bond walks in, he passes the window of a side-lab, behind which a man is fiddling with a parking meter. Suddenly, the meter propels out a stream of tear gas, that proceeds to fill the entire side room. With a smirk on his face, Bond walks over to Q's desk and starts fiddling with a grenade that's housed in the bottom of a thermos flask. The gadget was never explained in the film, but has appeared in numerous Bond exhibitions since, paired with the original concept drawings. As Q gets irritated, and returns the grenade to its flask, a man behind them fires a rifle at another technician, who opens his trench coat to reveal a bullet proof vest. Typical of Q's modesty, he proclaims that the vest isn't yet perfected. Homing Devices Q gives Bond two homing devices, a small one that will fit in his shoe, to allow Felix Leiter to keep a tail on him, and a large one for tracking vehicles over longer distance.

As Bond jested, the device would allow a man to stop of for a quick one en route! The larger homer has a 150 mile range, and has a special receptor on the dashboard of Bond's Aston Martin DB5. Oddjob's Trouser Pocket Bond is playing Goldfinger in a high stakes game of golf. A £5000 bar of gold isn't the only thing on the table. Bond must impress Goldfinger if he is to gain his respect and infiltrate his operation. When Goldfinger misses a shot and his ball lands in the rough, his servant Oddjob slips an identical ball into his pocket, and it slides down his leg onto the grass. Oddjob's Steel Rimmed Hat Perhaps the most famous, and most parodied, gadget at all, is Oddjob's deathly steel rimmed bowler hat. After Bond wins the golf game, Goldfinger warns him off his path, by getting Oddjob to decapitate a statue with it. He manages this because his bowler hat has a sharp steel rim, and the slightly ridiculous threat fits in well with the megalomanical villain of the film.

Oddjob uses the hat again to kill Tilly Masterson, a women who tried to assassinate Goldfinger to avenge the death of her sister Jill Masterson . The hat itself was made by St. James hat maker Lock & Co, with the steel rim added by the prop team. The hat appears again in Bond's final confrontation with Oddjob. Oddjob is too strong for Bond to beat him by braun alone, so Bond must outwit him. He manages to get the hat, but as he tries to throw it at Oddjob, he misses, and the hat lodges itself between some steel bars. As Oddjob goes to retrieve it, Bond touches a live power cable against the bars, electrocuting Oddjob to death. Auric Enterprises Radar Bond is hiding out in the woods outside Auric Enterprises, when he spots Tilly Masterson passing by with a rifle in her hand. He follows her and jumps on her, and her rifle barrel touches part of the metal of the perimeter fence. This triggers an alert as part of the complexes radar monitoring system, with a really cool backlit map in the security control room. The map offers a great visualization of which radial sector the intruder is in.

Trick Mirror When Oddjob kills Tilly Masterson with his steel rimmed hat, Bond is caught off guard. He feels remorse for having gotten both Jill and Tilly Masterson killed, and he doesn't fight back, allowing himself to be captured. Bond is allowed to drive his Aston Martin, sandwiched in between two other cars, as they drive back to the complex. Bond manages to escape from the convoy, and uses the ejector seat to get rid of his guard. He then engages in a fast paced chase through the back alleys of Auric Enterprises (which was actually the back lots of Pinewood studios.) He drives down a dead-end street and is tricked by a mirror mounted on the wall. He thinks the headlights are from another car, and swerves to avoid, driving through a brick wall and knocking himself unconscious. Industrial Laser In perhaps the most famous scene of the James Bond series, Bond has been captured, and wakes up strapped to a metal table. Goldfinger shows his hand, and the famous quote follows: Bond: Do you expect me to talk? Goldfinger: No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!

Goldfinger then aims an industrial strength laser at the table, and it starts cutting through the metal, moving closer to Bond's crotch. With Bond's manhood in danger, he has to bluff to stay alive. Goldfinger's Plane While aboard Goldfinger's private jet, Bond goes to the bathroom to shave and change, but also to activate a homer device so that he can be tracked. The stewardess tries to watch him, but Bond manages to outsmart her. This series of gadgets is quite large, and has its own page. Read more about Goldfinger's Plane . Goldfinger's Rumpus Room In the comfort of his lavish rumpus room, complete with a trick pool table, a retractable wall-size aerial map, a secret floor compartment with a model of Fort Knox, and fatal Delta Nine nerge gas, Goldfinger divulges his plans to a group of mobsters he is about to kill. This room of gadgets has its own page, see Goldfinger's Rumpus Room . Aston Martin DB5 The name Aston Martin is synonymous with James Bond, the most memorable model being the DB5.

First introduced in Goldfinger , the DB5 was loaded with an extraordinary array of gadgets, from revolving number plates, to machine guns, to tire slashers. It proved to be a fan favourite, and the DB5 appeared in five more James Bond films: Thunderball , Goldeneye , Tomorrow Never Dies , Casino Royale and Skyfall . It's quite a large gadget, and has its own Aston Martin DB5 page. Atomic Bomb In Ken Adam's grand set of Fort Knox, Bond is handcuffed to a live atomic Bomb, with a timer that's ticking away. Oddjob fights the man that has the key, and throws him over a railing to his death. Bond retrieves the key and unlocks himself, and after he takes care of Oddjob, he breaks open the casing of the bomb and tries to pull apart one of the cables. Just in time, an expert arrives on the scene and presses a switch that disables the bomb, with just 7 seconds left on the timer.

Question: What is the first name of Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’?
Answer: Auric